QuestionPro is a web solution for marketing researchers all over the world, offering them both free and paid online survey services. The web app is equipped with a variety of survey templates that can help researchers formulate questionnaires and allow them to upload their own surveys.

To collect responses, the site lets users distribute surveys through emails, pop-ups, embedding or posting them on social media. The collected results are then analyzed and tabulated by the site itself. The pricing options include Annual, Monthly, Team, Academic and Non-Profit editions.

The pricing editions are further divided into Free (basic), Professional and Corporate categories. Users can sign up for the online survey service simply by using their email addresses or using their Gmail accounts to become members.

Features:

• Surveys compatible for computers as well as mobile devices.
• Offers SurveyPocket, the site’s offline survey app.
• Customer support also available via live chat.
• No charges on signing up.
• A number of survey distribution channels available to suit your need.

Visit QuestionPro.

DiffPDF helps you compare two PDF files for free on your computer, whether you are a Windows, Mac OS X and Linux user. The user interface of this tool allows you to open the PDF files, which are to be compared, side by side with each other. If you want to compare any specific pages, you can do that by providing the specific number of the pages that you need to draw a comparison between. This means that even if the PDF documents differ in the number of pages they contain, you can still compare the files easily with the help of DiffPDF.

There are three types of comparisons offered. In the first one, the software compares documents word by word. Second is to compare them in terms of appearance which includes font size, paragraph indentation, formatting of the document etc. The third type allows you to compare each character.

Features:

• Available for three different operating systems: Windows, Linux and Mac OS X.
• Helps compare content as well as the layout of the two PDF files.
• Similar tools: Mergely, DiffChecker, CompareMyDocs and CompareMyFiles.

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EsoTalk combines simplicity of use with practical features, which proves that the installation and configuration of a forum software does not automatically have to be complicated. This forum app is based on PHP-MySQL with a plugin feature that increases its utility, optimizing its usability even for new users.

EsoTalk may not appeal to users who have been using forum software with more features, but might come in handy for those looking for a simpler app to work with. It comprises a simple layout with the conventional listing system, helping users find information by entering its keywords in a search bar rather than browse through entire categories.

To get started, users are required to create a profile by providing their email address. The service will then prompt them to create an avatar and set their account preferences.

Features:

• Simple to use, with faster processing.
• Good for beginners who might not be interested in too many features.
• Allows users to use tags with their posts.
• User-friendly interface.
• Similar tools:  Forumotion,  Ribbot, UserVoice, SnapABug, Plupper, KISSinsights and Foozya.

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If you want to view one of your phone’s files on your computer, you would first need to transfer the file to your computer. It would be far more convenient however to simply stream the file online without transferring anything. Here to help you do that is an app called Air Projector.

Air Projector is a free to use smartphone app for iOS devices. The app is sized at nearly 0.5 MB and compatible with iPod Touch, iPhone, and iPad devices running iOS 5.0 or later. The app generates a URL for the images and PDF files stored on your iOS device. When you visit this URL on your computer’s web browser you are able to stream the document from your phone to your computer. Viewing files this way is quick and does not require any file transfers.

Features:

• A user-friendly phone app.
• Compatible with iOS devices.
• Generates a URL for PDF files and images stored on your device.
• Helps stream documents and images stored on your phone.
• Also read related articles: The 3 Best Free iPhone PDF Readers, How To Turn Your iPhone Into A PDF Reader & Text Document Viewer and How to Read PDF Files and Other Docs on iPhone & iPod Touch.

Check out Air Projector @ itunes.apple.com/pk/app/id388376531 (via Addictive Tips) (by MOin from Thumb Press)

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Mac computers offer their users numerous features that make tasks more convenient. But when it comes to selecting large blocks of text, you will find that the task could be improved on the Mac trackpad. Here to help improve that is a tool called SlideMode.

SlideMode is a freeware application, sized at nearly 8 MB and requires Mac OS X 10.6.6 or later. The app adds a keyboard shortcut and this helps you copy large blocks of text in an easier way. This feature within the app is called SlideSelection. With it enabled, you can hold down the Shift and Control keys to highlight blocks of text by gesturing upwards or downwards. Smaller blocks can be selected by gesturing sideways.

Other features of the app include DockShow for quickly hiding the Dock, and Slide for swapping between desktops.

Features:

• A user-friendly desktop app.
• Compatible with Mac computers.
• Makes it easy to copy large blocks of text.
• Offers a feature to quickly hide the Dock.
• Also read related articles: MagicPrefs: Another Powerful Mouse & Trackpad App and Become A Power Trackpad User With BetterTouchTool.

Check out SlideMode @ www.teaksoftware.com/app/slidemode (by Life Hacker) (by MOin from Thumb Press)

Getting somebody’s business card is a good practice and provides you with their contact information. However carrying a bunch of business cards for different people can be inconvenient. You could transfer the contact information from the card to your phone but typing in those numbers and email addresses is a time-consuming task. Here to help is a tool called CardMunch.

CardMunch is a smartphone app for iOS devices, developed by LinkedIn. The app is sized at nearly 10 MB and is compatible with iPod Touch, iPhone, or iPad devices running iOS 4.0 or later. The app scans business cards through its camera and helps you transfer the information to your phonebook. After you add your contact, you can then connect with them on LinkedIn.

Features:

• A user-friendly phone app.
• Compatible with iOS devices.
• Scans business cards and transfer information to phonebook.
• Connects with newly added contacts in LinkedIn.
• Similar tools: CardBox and DropCard.
• Also read related article: Three Ways To Send & Receive Business Cards On Your iPhone.

Check out CardMunch @ itunes.apple.com/us/app/cardmunch-business-card-reader/id478351777?mt=8 (by MOin from Thumb Press)

There are a million way to capture screenshots. Screen Capture is one of the few that is available as a Chrome extension, and it is the only one I know that was developed by Google themselves. It is actually a really great piece of screen capture software. It has all kinds of options that make getting the prefect screenshot easy.

The best feature about this extension is that it is smart. You can tell it to capture only the visible parts of a page, and it will do that. You can also tell it to capture the whole page, just the visible region of the screen or you can draw the specific area you want it to capture. This gives you lots of options for gathering your important screenshots.

Of course, no screenshot software would be complete without the ability to tweak your shot. With Screen Capture you get lots of options. Once you tell the extension what region you want it to copy, it will open a new tab with the selected region. You can then tweak it and customize it many ways. You can black or blur something you want to keep hidden, add text, lines, arrows and more. All in all, this is an awesome way to get screenshots from websites.

Features:

• Browser-based screen capture software developed by Google.
• Smart software captures only visible objects, whole pages, visible sections of pages and drawn selection.
• Massive amount of customization after you choose your screenshot.
• Share your shots on Picasa, Facebook, Sina and Imgur.
• Save and print them right from the app.
• Similar tools: Browshot, CaptureFullPage and Paparazzi.

Find Screen Capture on the Chrome Web Store

Everyone could use a little help with their grammar. Whether you are a professional editor or just a regular person who might need to jot emails and memos, proper grammar is an important skill. Sitting with a style guide or other grammar book will probably not be an appealing way for most people to learn. If you want to improve your grammar in a more fun way, you should take a look at Road To Grammar.

Road To Grammar offers a multitude of games and quizzes to help you practice your grammar skills in a way that is fun. The quizzes are broken down by category, so you can work on exactly the part of grammar you need to practice. In all, there are 365 quizzes available, so you can do one a day for a year, and greatly improve your writing skills.

There are also games, practice tools, and downloads to help you improve your grammar. However you prefer to learn, Road To Grammar should provide a tool to help you meet your grammatical goals.

Features:

• Improve your grammar from this handy website.
• 365 grammar quizzes broken down by category.
• Grammar games to help you practice.
• Downloads to take with you to practice anywhere.
• Free service.

Find Road To Grammar @ www.roadtogrammar.com

All modern web browsers offer tabbed browsing. This helps you open multiple webpages without opening multiple browser windows. But sometimes when you have a lot of tabs opened, it becomes difficult to get to the one you want. Here to help solve this problem is a tool called TabsPreview.

TabsPreview is a free to use Chrome browser tool. When installed, the extension lets you preview the currently open browser tabs. You can click on the extension’s icon in the browser’s address bar to preview all the tabs. You can select the preview style and theme color all from the newly opened preview tab. Just click on the thumbnail of the tab you want to view. Through a button in the top you can also preview recently closed tabs.

Features:

• A user-friendly browser tool.
• Compatible with Google Chrome.
• Lets you preview currently open tabs.
• Lets you preview recently closed tabs.
• Offers colors themes and multiple preview layouts.
• Similar tools: PowerSwitch and FullSearch.

Check out TabsPreview @ https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/gkfffobkcbchbenbkmlcmjefdhhipoce?utm_source=chrome-ntp-icon (By Umar from AllThatIsApple)

Are you still one of those old school people who prefer to keep track of their to-do lists in a text editor instead of one of the fancy time management apps? If so, you will absolutely love TaskBadges. It allows you to keep your simple text editor lists, but with a handy feature that you usually only get with an actual to-do application.

This app is simple to use, and it only does one thing, but it does something that is incredibly cool. It adds a numeric badge on your text editor that lets you know many tasks you have left to complete your goals for the day. All you need to do is link the app with the file you use, and TaskBadges will handle the rest.

TaskBadges supports three different list styles. You can use square brackets, todo.txt, and TaskPaper. If you do not use one of these styles, you will have to switch in order for it to keep track. If you use some other way to keep track of your stuff, the app will just assume there is nothing left unfinished, and will not place a number over that file.

Features:

• Use text files as to do lists.
• Keeps track of the numbers tasks you need to finish.
• Supports square brackets, todo.txt, and TaskPaper.
• Displays a badge with the number of remains tasks.

Find TaskBadges on the Mac App Store